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Goosehead Insurance Axes Employee Involved in Storming of Capital
Texas-based personal lines insurance agency Goosehead Insurance has fired an employee who participated in the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6. According to a posting on Goosehead's Twitter account, ...
AIG, Marsh, Travelers CEOs Among Corporate Leaders Urging Quick Biden Election Certification
Several leaders of the insurance industry joined nearly 200 New York corporate executives in a letter urging members of Congress to certify the election of Joe Biden as President without delay this ...
More Expansion for Applied Underwriters; Ex-AIG Exec to Run New D&O Division
Fast-growing specialty lines insurer Applied Underwriters announced the creation of a U.S. based division of its Applied Financial Lines business unit to provide directors and officers (D&O) ...
Travelers Will Buy Plymouth Rock’s Digital Agency InsuraMatch for Undisclosed Price
The Travelers Companies has agreed to acquire InsuraMatch, a national digital independent insurance agency, from the Plymouth Rock Group of Companies. Neither side disclosed financial terms. The ...
III CEO Kevelighan: The Institutes Affilliation Brings Group Into 21st Century
Affiliating with The Institutes provides an opportunity for the industry's Insurance Information Institute (III) to become more of a 21st Century trade association, rather than one suited for the ...
COVID-19 Driving Huge Claims Hike in U.S. Professional Liability Market: A.M. Best
The COVID-19 pandemic is creating varying levels of disruption for writers in the U.S. professional liability insurance market, with many expecting a sizable increase in claims, according to a new AM ...
How Lloyd’s Underwriters Are Viewing U.S. Property Risks Today
While the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed business activity around the globe, for underwriters in the Lloyd's market who were in the process of increasing property insurance rates when the pandemic hit, ...
Insurers Back Biden More Than Trump, Give More Money to Republican Congressional Candidates
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has received more funds from insurance industry political committees than President Donald Trump in this 2020 election cycle. Biden has received $5.5 ...